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Originally Posted By: SantaCruzMitch, heading back to Niseko again this season?
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I think the biggest honor to the innocent people who lost their lives on 9/11 is to understand the history of events. We now have the privilege of retrospect in which we can take a tragic event and learn from it to prevent it from happening again.
Instead of maybe shaping our foreign policy against what has caused terrorist attacks, we are still...10 years later...in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now US troops and Iraqi civilians are being killed because of a system of insurgents. The population drones on day by day as we shelter in ignorance and allow the wars to continue to rage on. Everything that people suffered for has only been exacerbated. We have given terrorism the spotlight it needs and more importantly to them made a martyr of Bin Laden. Bin Laden has states several times that his goal was to do what they did to the Russians and slowly bleed them by fighting in unfamiliar territory against a perpetual enemy.
It's sickening to see how mistakes hit us directly in the face over and over yet we refuse to change like an abusive based relationship. Pardon my extreme analogy but there are some serious kinks to work out in this country if we are ever going to "honor" the innocent people that died that day.
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Originally Posted By: TubbyBeaverinhoIn what way are they fragile Mitch? I'm not good enough to be throwing them around all that much, don7t really do tricks etc so maybe they don't stand up that way. For what I do though, they seem as strong as any other I've used
I have seen a lot of cases where the high backs break right along the cables or the actual plastic. Some of their higher end models like the m9 I guess are pretty sturdy so it doesn't happen. But they should be fine if you aren't giving them hell
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I have a buddy that rode for Flow. I also deal with their bindings on a daily basis.
They are definitely a bit more fragile than the other companies out there. They are great for when you need them but they will usually break. They are pretty cheap as well so if you can justify using them for a short period it will be good to have them. If not, I would probably steer clear.
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Awesome! Congrats.
If you see me out there wave me down and I would be happy to help show you the good spots. You're going to have a blast, the snow is great people are nice and the beer is good too!
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hmm can't really get much out of that description.
Check out the K2 Obsethed or the Armada JJ. Moment makes some good skis that you would like as well.
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If you can get up to Hokkaido, I would recommend it.
I live in one of the best areas for snow in the world and snow wise I think Hokkaido takes the cake (at least for Dec/Jan/Feb) So I would recommend going there if you can.
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Originally Posted By: DiGrizYou will be GPS tracked in real-time and the chip includes a capsuled lethal dose of blowfish toxin that can be activated by microwave transmission from Tokyo Sky Tree
Jim, don't forget about the dammed monkey's in Shiga Kogen, I knew they were working for the government all along. -
I'm curious...
I forgot to get one of those, if I was to go back does anyone know what the scenario would be? I turned in the gaijin card and have a valid visa. Would it be easy for me to re enter?
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Originally Posted By: Black MountainThe Hakkodate extension is due to open in 2016. I think I remember reading that the Sapporo extension is being planned for 2020. Certainly in my lifetime (fingers crossed
). Anyway, there are no current plans to even have a stop at Niseko.
Wow, that is something that would seriously bolster the tourist industry and bring about some development. I'd be interested to take that up and see what it may actually provide! -
Originally Posted By: MamabearTurned from a jogging to a riding thread
I much prefer riding, although haven't done near enough recently.
This evening was so cold waiting by the outside water polo pool for 3+ hours that every half hour or so I had to go for a short run to get my body temp back to reasonable. Still struggling with the shin splints, so that's about as good as it gets.
MB how long have you had the shin splints? It's been a while right? I know anytime I had shin injuries from futbol the trainer would make me do a hot then ice bath continuously 2 minutes in each. Painful but it worked. Get those healed up so we can ride this winter! -
Originally Posted By: grungy-gonadsYou're right, of course.
After all, the 'stand back' attitude really, really, really, really worked on Saturday, Sunday and Monday of last week didnt it.
And things really fell apart badly from Tuesday after the police didn't just sit back and watch people throw bricks at them, didn't it.
(And any, just how many reported cases like this were there. Answer - hardly any.)
I don't think building a society based on fear for order is a good idea. Nor do I think extreme measures of violence and a "beat them into subservience" will work. I never advocated a complete "stand back" by any means but an all out wave of violence will only do what I said before...marginalize. Pretty easy lesson to learn from Los Angeles, California is how disparity can really shift the crime rate in a city and riots can erupt from these tensions out of nowhere. -
Originally Posted By: grungy-gonadsOriginally Posted By: seemoreThats the problem you don't know, but riding around on a pushbike doesn't deserve getting beaten by batons and kicked.
They could be curious and riding around to have a look,
unless a curfew is in effect anyone can walk/ride the streets.
Do you think that other guy they walked up to should have beaten as well?
I understand they need to do something to control these people but that isn't the way.
Seemore
Attitudes like yours are sadly a part of the problem. These unruly wild beasts with no sense of right or wrong have absolutely no 'fear' of the consequences of their behavior.
The authorities asked everyone to stay in.
It was the third night of major rioting.
Any decent kid WOULD NOT be biking around and reporting (which is what lots of those youths on bikes were doing) like they were, at that time, in that place.
It is as simple as that.
I say hurray to the police.
Much more of that please.
Thus you marginalize the population that is rioting even further. Then it makes it an us vs them problem already more than it has to be. If those kids on bikes were just out "riding around" even if there was a curfew then the action there was completely unnecessary. I don't know the story so I really can't say but the gung ho police mentality you are advocating will absolutely not solve the problem. -
pete we have to take a run at some point here.Originally Posted By: panhead_peteMight be a simple decision....
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Originally Posted By: BagOfCrispsI'm actually tempted by March.
It almost seems as decent a chance as February looking at some recent years.
Last March was definitely hit or miss. It got pretty warm a few days and cold some others. I would be careful and be advised it's not guaranteed like Jan/Feb. -
That is really awesome GN. Sounds like you have the passion and knowledge to make it with that so I don't see it going anywhere but up! Best of luck, hopefully we can cross ski paths again.
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Originally Posted By: Black MountainI'm pretty sure that US Social Security is the largest debt owner... something like 3 times that of China's.
Yup, US bond holders as well, Japan is in there too! -
Originally Posted By: Go NativeYep certainly better than living the nightmare! God I hate living in Australia!!!
At least I'll never actually have to pay for lift passes at Niseko ever again...
GN, you thinking about heading back up to Niseko or are you sticking to the Gold Coast? -
Originally Posted By: big-willHow exactly do you want to report these things?
And why don't you just avoid the media you think to be 'sensational' in reporting these things and stick to more serious 'unbiased' ones?
Uh, if you're talking to me I would like them reported with tones and dialect that are much more concerned with factual analysis of a situation rather than the emotional appeal of a ridiculous scenario.
Also, I don't watch the news, so unless something has changed then I will still presume it to be a factory of demagoguery.
It's pretty simple stuff, I am not quite sure why my critique of the media's appeal to behavioral instincts and emotion stirred such confrontation? -
Originally Posted By: BagOfCrispsAre you actually expecting anything different from "the news", Mitch?
nope, but just hoping one day we can collectively stop this bullshit that is fed to us on a 24 hour basis (mostly in the US). -
Originally Posted By: CurtQuote:The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has stripped the US of its top-notch AAA credit rating, downgrading it to AA+ and warning of further future downgrades because of political and economic uncertainty.
The humbling downgrade of the world's economic superpower came late on Friday night, after news surfaced of a furious rearguard attempt by the White House to convince S&P that its figures were faulty.
Those sensationalists, S&P.
I'm not saying the matter isn't severe. However, it is completely absurd to take it to the level of apocalyptic economic collapse the media seems to be portraying.
Not to mention all of this negativity only ceases to hurt investment. -
Thanks for that Stu!
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Originally Posted By: yoroshiku onegai shimasuOriginally Posted By: MitchPeeAh sensationalism media again at its finest.
Are they making up the story about massive global stock sell-offs?
Sensationalism doesn't mean something was made up. It's more about word choice. Sensationalism means the media has been drumming up fear for the past month is this country and other media outlets have loved to do the same. There's absolutely no neutral tones when used talking about these reports...ie sensationalism.
Also, if you can picture a multi-head creature who is the enemy of a stable economy....speculative and anticipatory trading would be 2 of the main heads on it. Terrible analogy I know, but I have absolutely no gift for comparing things. -
Ah sensationalism media again at its finest.
Fun fact: Japan has more debt (although a different kind) as a % of GDP than the US.
The issue is we have a ton of demagogues in this country that can easily stir simple minded people which are plentiful. They use scapegoats like "welfare slugs and immigrants are taking your tax dollars". Terms that the average Joe can relate to and most importantly get angry about to further polarize the situation.
The Iraq/Afghan war, irresponsible spending/investing, toxic assets, speculative trading, compounds of interest on current debt, Americans individual inefficient spending...are all the major factors in the debt rise.
However the left would rather blame predecessors and the right would blame the government itself. If only it was an innocent travesty I could laugh, but this is a serious situation and the US is not handling it in any sort of intelligent way.
So I guess I just have to shout out a sarcastic god bless the USA!
New skis or board - how often?
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How often does a new season come about? Yeah about once a year.